Ridley Essential Carbon

Ridley Essential Carbon

Internal Dynamo Routing

Internal Dynamo Routing

Bikepacking Optimized Frame Mounts

Bikepacking Optimized Frame Mounts

About Grifn Gravel

The Grifn is designed for riders looking for that one bike that can do it all. Whether it's competitive rides on smooth asphalt or commuting on crisp gravel paths, the Grifn is the all-road bike for all surfaces.

In the design, we combined the speed of a road bike with the comfort of a gravel bike. With a maximum tire clearance of 38mm (40mm with 1x drivetrain), you'll have traction on country roads, while 32mm allows you to assert your place in the peloton. Additionally, it's possible to connect fenders and a dynamo to the bike, ensuring you can go anywhere even in bad or dark weather.

The name Grifn refers to the mythical creature griffin, a mythological creature symbolizing dominion over heaven and earth. Therefore, the Grifn reigns over both asphalt and gravel. The geometry is tailored to the riding behavior that best suits the intended use of the bike and the terrain. There's ample comfort for long distances, and the bike is aggressive enough for competitive Gran Fondos.

In short, with the Grifn, we're essentially breaking the N+1 rule of bike ownership.

Start configuration
Grifn Gravel

Ridley Essential Carbon

Our carbon is manufactured by world market leader: Toray. The Japanese manufacturer is leader in every aspect of carbon development and supplier to absolute top world brands in many industries.

For the Essential Series, we use two types of carbon: 24T and 30T. The Elite Series, though, goes one step further and also uses 50T and 60T carbon. With the addition of these two carbons, combined with great effort, we can get the weight extremely low without compromising comfort and stiffness.

The Essential Series directly benefits from the carbon layup knowledge gained through the creation of the Elite Series. This means that our Essential Series reaches that same level of stiffness and comfort, albeit a slight bit heavier due to the use of 24T and 30T only which require more layers compared to 50T and 60T to reach the desired stiffness.

Ridley Essential Carbon

Internal Dynamo Routing

The fork is equipped with internal cable routing for a dynamo hub. No more hassle with tape or tie-wraps to guide the cable from the dynamo hub to the front light as the cable is now nicely hidden inside the forkleg.

Internal Dynamo Routing

Bikepacking Optimized Frame Mounts

The frame has different mounts on the downtube, under the downtube and the seattube. Depending on the frame model, this can be 2, 3 or 4 mounts. These mounts will give you the opportunity to adapt your setup to the use of the bike: position your bottles in combination with a frame bag, using a toolmount in combination with a bottlecage. We have spent a lot of time to determine the optimal position for these mounts on the frame so you can optimize your personal setup

Bikepacking Optimized Frame Mounts

Design & Innovation Award 2022

The jury agrees: the Grifn can do it all. "If there was one word that Ridley had in mind when developing the Grifn allroad bike, it was versatility. Whether its gravel roads or alpine passes, with the right tires, the bike can do it all. Added to that is the Grifn’s low-key, classic looks", is what the jury concludes.

We’re very proud to be awarded the Design & Innovation Award, the Oscars of the bike and outdoor industries.

Design & Innovation Award 2022

Kanzo Optimized Geometry

The geometry of a bike has to support the scope of the bike. The geometry determines how a bike will handle, react. Different terrains, different riding styles require a different handling. That’s why Ridley has developped a specific geometry for each Kanzo model. An adventure gravel bike needs a stable, confidence inspiring geometry while an aero  gravel bike needs to react directly to the input of the rider. Choose your terrain and use and pick the bike that suits you best.

Kanzo Optimized Geometry

Hidden Top Tube Mounting Points

The recessed top tube mounts combined with the flush fitting cover result in hidden mounting points when the mounts are not used. No bolt head sticking out to clutter the sleek looking top tube profile. 

A spacer is provided to fill the recess when using a top tube bag. This spacer also doubles as a strap mount so that you can strap various accessories to the top tube. 

Hidden Top Tube Mounting Points

UDH Hanger

The universal derailleur hanger (UDH) is the new standard in the cycling world. Not only is this derailleur hanger compatible with all modern shifting groups, it also protects against derailleur breakage and chain drops. In mountain biking, UDH has long been very common, and Ridley is bringing the technology to other segments as well.


UDH Hanger

Integrated cable routing rear light

The frame offers the possibility to route the cable for a rear light internally inside the top tube where it will exit near the the seattube. At the same time these cable ports are nicely hidden so when not using them, you will hardly notice them on your frame.

Integrated cable routing rear light

Kanzo Specific Tire Clearance

The tire clearance of a frame is determined by the use and terrain for which the frame is designed. An AllRoad gravel bike is designed for mixed use on paved and unpaved roads. Adventure gravel bikes have to be able to tackle more extreme terrain as you never know what trails you will encounter. This means that different frames will have a different tire clearance.

Kanzo Specific Tire Clearance

Specifications

  • Frame
    Grifn, F-Steerer headtube, TA12x142mm, integrated dynamo routing
  • Material
    Carbon
  • Frame Level
    Essential Series
  • Max Tire Clearance 700c (*)
    38 mm
  • Paint Finish
    Glossy
  • Fork
    4ZA AllRoad , TA12x100 , Integrated dynamo routing , Fender mounts , Full Carbon
  • Groupset
    Sram Rival AXS XPLR 1x12sp
  • Rear Derailleur
    Sram Rival eTap AXS XPLR , 12sp
  • Crank
    SRAM FC RIVAL1 DUB WIDE 172 46
  • Cassette
    SRAM XPLR XG-1251 , 12s , 10-44
  • Brake Type
    Flat Mount
  • Front Wheel
    DT Swiss GRC1600 , TA 12x100mm , 42mm deep , 24mm internal width
  • Rear Wheel
    DT Swiss GRC1600 , TA 12x142mm , 42mm deep , 24mm internal width
  • Outer Tyre
    Vittoria Terreno Dry , 700x35c , TNT
  • Handlebar
    Forza Cirrus Pro Integrated Flared/ / 120mm - 420mm (cc shifters) - 485mm (cc drops) , 16° flared , Drop 120mm , Reach 70mm
  • Seatpost
    Forza Cirrus , Carbon-Alloy , 10mm Offset , 350mm , 27,2mm
  • Saddle
    Selle Italia SLR Boost , Manganese Rails , Black
  • Range
    All-Road

Geometry

What is my size?
I D B R A G C E S H J F
XS S M L XL
A 760 790 810 835 860
B 470 500 520 545 570
C 525 545 565 585 605
D 115 140 165 195 215
E 74.5 74 73.5 73.5 73
F 71.5 72 72 72 72
G 420 420 420 420 420
H 75 73 73 71 71
I 993 1005 1021 1043 1058
J
S 540 563 587 614 633
R 375 383 391 403 412

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Help & support

How can we help?

Which hanger do I need?

The uses the SRAM Universal Derailleur Hanger (UDH). This means you will find easily a replacement hanger wherever you are as it is a standardised hanger (Ridley article code HANUDHSRA001)

What is the weight of a Grifn frame?

The weight of an unpainted frame is between 935gr and 1025gr depending on the size (tabel toevoegen)

What is the maximum tire clearance?

The maximum tire clearance of the Grifn is 40mm tires in combination with a 1x drivetrain, 38mm in combination with a 2x drivetrain and 32mm in combination with fenders. The width mentionned is the actual width of the tire on the rim.

What is the seatpost diameter?

The Grifn frame is designed for a 27,2mm round seatpost.

What TA is used on the bike?

The frame needs a 12mm TA with a thread of 1mm (Ridley article code QRET124ZA046)

Which seatpost clamp should be used on the frame
The integrated seatpost clamp (Ridley article code SPCINT4ZA003) for 27.2mm round seatpost is used on the Fenix SLiC, Fenix Disc, Ignite SLX, Kanzo Adventure and Grifn frameplatforms.
What brake mount is used?

The frame is developed for flatmount brakes for 140mm or 160mm rotors using an adapter.

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